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Tracer

(2,769 posts) Tue Aug 20, 2013, 01:28 PM Aug 2013

What's the point of photo sizes like this:? [View all]

I received a photo that was 457,018.6 picas wide at 1px/in. (Or 76,169.7 inches wide).

Yes, I could resize it in Photoshop, but what's the purpose of sizing it that way in the first place?

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What's the point of photo sizes like this:? [View all] Tracer Aug 2013 OP

Saved by weirdo, amateur, old-timer, or accident. onehandle Aug 2013 #1

You size something like that RoccoR5955 Aug 2013 #2

It's a weird Photoshop thing jmowreader Sep 2013 #3

or professional use. Always best to downsize ther files onlyu the moment you need to and keep the robinlynne Oct 2013 #4